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the question, will a renewed laser focus on the middle class change the conversation in washington. kevin hasset was a key economic adviser for romney's campaign, and we also have obama's deputy campaign manager in 2012, and the chief white house correspondent. jessica, we want to start with you. wednesday's speech is the third major economic push or reframing of the economic issues since his re-election. a new poll shows the majority of americans disapprove of how this president is handling the economy, and here is the republican reaction. >> the speech turned out to be all sizzle and no steak, and that's assuming there is sizzle left after you re-heated this thing so many times. >> the policy is that he is trying to re-set and reframe for what? >> he is looking ahead to the debt and spending fights that are going to happen in fall when congress sets out to set next year's budget out and deal with the debt ceiling, so he is using his mega phone to try and start the conversation in a different pitch this time, christine, and to focus not on the numbers but on the notion. so instead
the question, will a renewed laser focus on the middle class change the conversation in washington. kevin hasset was a key economic adviser for romney's campaign, and we also have obama's deputy campaign manager in 2012, and the chief white house correspondent. jessica, we want to start with you. wednesday's speech is the third major economic push or reframing of the economic issues since his re-election. a new poll shows the majority of americans disapprove of how this president is handling...
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. >> so what is driving washington to the brink of a shutdown again? some republicans pushing for a repeal of president obama's affordable care act. the president says he won't negotiate. the last federal government shutdown started in 1995, well before obama care and the tea party. >> republican leaders in washington have put ideaology. >> he has to try to create a phony argument about fantasy cuts that do not exist in order to frighten people about problems that aren't real. >> the result of the stalemate, 800,000 federal workers stayed home for five days. offices and parks closed. >> that makes us mad. real mad! >> after congress failed to approve the spending measure, the government shutdown again in december. that shutdown lasted 21 days. the final cost? $1.4 billion. senator john mccain warns republicans to remember who the voters held responsible. >> rightly or wrongly, congress gets blamed. we have seen the movie before. just some of them were not around at the time. i was. >> the most recent cnn poll shows history is likely to repeat itself. 5
. >> so what is driving washington to the brink of a shutdown again? some republicans pushing for a repeal of president obama's affordable care act. the president says he won't negotiate. the last federal government shutdown started in 1995, well before obama care and the tea party. >> republican leaders in washington have put ideaology. >> he has to try to create a phony argument about fantasy cuts that do not exist in order to frighten people about problems that aren't real....
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in the state of washington. there's only one insurance company who's willing to join. >> i think the obama administration is hoping they can convince more insurance companies so they can offer people choice. that's the whole idea. >> if there's not choice, is the price going to be stiffer? there's no competition to drive a price down. if there's only one insurance company and one state you're pretty cooked. >> that's right. but the administration is saying there's still time for the insurance companies to offer plans on the exchanges. frankly i talked to sources who say we're not going to know whether they work for another year. ite goes doing be spring 2015 when we can see whether the problems are solved. >> the whole idea -- the obama administration thought all the states were going to jump on this. they then sort of got caught with their pants down. now, i take it that everyone at the white house is not setting up these exchanges nor everyone on capitol hill. they actually outsource this to other -- to people
in the state of washington. there's only one insurance company who's willing to join. >> i think the obama administration is hoping they can convince more insurance companies so they can offer people choice. that's the whole idea. >> if there's not choice, is the price going to be stiffer? there's no competition to drive a price down. if there's only one insurance company and one state you're pretty cooked. >> that's right. but the administration is saying there's still time...
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up next, president obama receiving -- he will be very upset. for pinocchio's from the washington post. again. pinocchio's flying. they discovered their conscience. my god, i'm proud of those liberals. the "a-team" takes it up. they're with us next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ lou: the "a-team" tonight. author, columnist, fox news contributor, radio talk-show host, fox news contributor, also the author of a book. in paperback now. again is entirely appropriate. democratic consultant. good to have you all year. town never should everyone be that the president is meeting with nine republican senators over some sort of bipartisan neil talking about the big issues of our days. the president still insistent upon the grand bargain. are these people, first of all, are the worthy of a grand bargain? ready is really the people of one would turn to for a grand bargain? >> this is nothing more than a public-relations check by the president. angry that anyone may have to blame him for the present set of circumstances and making him look bipartisan with people who
up next, president obama receiving -- he will be very upset. for pinocchio's from the washington post. again. pinocchio's flying. they discovered their conscience. my god, i'm proud of those liberals. the "a-team" takes it up. they're with us next. stay with us. ♪ ♪ lou: the "a-team" tonight. author, columnist, fox news contributor, radio talk-show host, fox news contributor, also the author of a book. in paperback now. again is entirely appropriate. democratic...
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. >> remember no drama obama? if only now it's all drama obama. we don't have leadership coming out of washington. we have reality television. >> to wrap things up on the three-day conference. the people chose their new flag bearer with a straw poll. >> coming in first with 25%, senator rand paul. but, right behind him, right at his heels, literally tied, virtually tied, florida senator marco rubio. >> yeah, want to show you a better view there of the results. rand and rubio, obviously, on top. rick santorum far behind, but in third ahead of christie and ryan. >>> let's go to pennsylvania because there will be a memorial on the campus of seton hall university. they're remembering lacrosse cross kristina quigley. 30-year-old pregnant coach was killed in the crash on the way to a game yesterday. her baby also did not survive. the driver of that bus was killed, as well. the other 21 members of the seton hill university lacrosse team were taken to area hospitals. we understand some are still there this morning. but, boy, the impact of this is really b
. >> remember no drama obama? if only now it's all drama obama. we don't have leadership coming out of washington. we have reality television. >> to wrap things up on the three-day conference. the people chose their new flag bearer with a straw poll. >> coming in first with 25%, senator rand paul. but, right behind him, right at his heels, literally tied, virtually tied, florida senator marco rubio. >> yeah, want to show you a better view there of the results. rand and...
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president spokes important all but admitted that a differen different -- 2k-69 m scandals is who the obama administration seeks. >> address the issues that concern most americans, there is no question that here and washington at least if not out in the country, there have been a great many distractions from the central preoccupations of the american people. lou: if this pivot sounds familiar, today's pivot back to jobs and the economy, marks the 12th such pivot by the white house, since the president took office. and mr. obama's track record of job creation with each pivot, is checkered. the unemployment rate at 7.6% a far cry from 5.6% that presidet obama product ited in 2009 if congress would only pass his stimulus bill. 23 million americans remain either unemployed, under employed or marginally attached to the workforce with labor force participation rate hovering 63.5% for more than a year. not seen since heyday of jimmy carter in 1979. there is nothing new this presidential pivot, that would suggestion it will be any more prproductive or efor effective n previous pivots, that, that ha
president spokes important all but admitted that a differen different -- 2k-69 m scandals is who the obama administration seeks. >> address the issues that concern most americans, there is no question that here and washington at least if not out in the country, there have been a great many distractions from the central preoccupations of the american people. lou: if this pivot sounds familiar, today's pivot back to jobs and the economy, marks the 12th such pivot by the white house, since...
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. >> the obama administration has just outdone itself. wait until you see the forms for obamacare, the one they expect you to fill out. washington examiner political correspondent byron york joins us. byron, tell me what do we have here? >> if you thought obamacare was simple you have another think coming. >> greta: dilutional. >> it's for coverage to be covered under the exchange that may be formed in your state or to actually receive subsidies because obamacare provides subsidies for millions and millions of people under this system. what i think most people don't understand, the form is kind of like filling out another tax return. and i think what most people may not understand is that the irs, the internal revenue service is the thing that makes the system work. everybody is going to have to prove to the irs that they have health insurance and it's health insurance that qualifies under the department of health and human services standards and you'll do that if you have health insurance on the job and maybe get something like a 1099 fo
. >> the obama administration has just outdone itself. wait until you see the forms for obamacare, the one they expect you to fill out. washington examiner political correspondent byron york joins us. byron, tell me what do we have here? >> if you thought obamacare was simple you have another think coming. >> greta: dilutional. >> it's for coverage to be covered under the exchange that may be formed in your state or to actually receive subsidies because obamacare...
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he was just tap nothing an anti-obama sent.and an anti-washington sentiment but he never had any coherent ideas. never had any coherent ideas. he is a self-promoter around something of a clown. his past is not conservative to any stretch of the imagination. i'm embarrassed that any conservatives from cpac were cheering for him. hopefully he was cheering for his jokes or obama. a long record of being a developer who takes away people's land. pro-choice until it became politically good to be pro-life. gave more money to democrats than republicans over his life. i think he ought to go back to that party, go back to the democrats, the conservative movement, the republican party would be glad to see him go. >> michael medved, i am heaping that you will defend mr. trump. >> i won't defend mr. trump, because i think he was ridiculous about the birth certificate thing. look, we have a problem, if we are going to treat the republican party like an exclusive country club. we want more people to come into the party, especially people who are, let's face it very successful businessmen. i mean, donald
he was just tap nothing an anti-obama sent.and an anti-washington sentiment but he never had any coherent ideas. never had any coherent ideas. he is a self-promoter around something of a clown. his past is not conservative to any stretch of the imagination. i'm embarrassed that any conservatives from cpac were cheering for him. hopefully he was cheering for his jokes or obama. a long record of being a developer who takes away people's land. pro-choice until it became politically good to be...
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you know, tom curry, he inherited this problem, just like president obama inherited this problem. so, he only can do what he can do. to me as a homeowner that was a victim, i'm finally going to get something. my problem is $3.6 billion that will all go to all of us that were victim and the independent auditors are getting $2 billion. i really have a problem with with that. they're getting more than half? >> these consultants hired to conduct this revie, they're walking away with $2 billion in fees for conducting it. the sum of cash going to the people -- >> so just really quickly, say you're going to get $500. there was a consultant hired by a bank paid $250 an hour to review your file and they walked away with $10,000 to look at your story of tragedy and they now get 500 to your consultants 10,000. >> why do the banks skate away with paying money. what has to change in that? >> we heard it from eric holder a couple of weeks ago. we can't b possibly bring the case to the banks. too big to indict, exact a meaningful penalty. the whole paradigm of prosecution has to change. >> yeah
you know, tom curry, he inherited this problem, just like president obama inherited this problem. so, he only can do what he can do. to me as a homeowner that was a victim, i'm finally going to get something. my problem is $3.6 billion that will all go to all of us that were victim and the independent auditors are getting $2 billion. i really have a problem with with that. they're getting more than half? >> these consultants hired to conduct this revie, they're walking away with $2...
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>> pete williams start thing us off from washington. thanks. >>> now to politics in washington. the man who was up all night, the republican senator from texas on a one-man mission to stop president obama's new health care law. critics called him crazy, irresponsible, even dangerous. others find him courageous for staying on his feet for 21 hours to get americans focused on what's about to happen to their health care. more on that in a moment. first kelly o'donnell has more on the marathon on the floor of the u.s. senate. >> reporter: with texas-sized ambitions. >> i intend to speak in support of defunding obamacare until i am no longer able to stand. >> reporter: 42-year-old ted cruz in the senate just eight months, held up all of congress's work to make his point. >> the frustration that the united states senate doesn't listen to the people is deafening. >> reporter: cruz stayed on his feet for 21 hours, 19 minutes. his goal, derail funding for the health care law. stopped only by senate rules. >> pursuant to the order -- [ applause ] >> did uh you accomplish something here? >
>> pete williams start thing us off from washington. thanks. >>> now to politics in washington. the man who was up all night, the republican senator from texas on a one-man mission to stop president obama's new health care law. critics called him crazy, irresponsible, even dangerous. others find him courageous for staying on his feet for 21 hours to get americans focused on what's about to happen to their health care. more on that in a moment. first kelly o'donnell has more on...
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i think it's despite president obama because we've had historic gridlock in washington d.c. charles: i agree with that. and that's why i he see the brilliance of ben bernanke, and the fact is i don't know that we can trace any of the money they're printing to stock purchases, but the heads are suggesting so many people say it is, that others are buying into it. and one day that money will pour into it and we'll get the real-- >> and hey, come on in, nicole, what's your take on the rally which has now taken the dow to 15,000 and i think 22 a moment ago. nicole: right, 15,022 a moment ago indeed. we're seeing record new all time highs and earnings have been improving since the financial crisis and everything has gotten better slowly, of course, and not at the speed that many would have hoped. that, coupled with the printing that we've been seeing from the federal reserve, that helps, too, but it's interesting, a lot of people say you can't fight this momentum. you know, everybody is waiting for this pullback, they're not getting. and a lot of people in the financial world are
i think it's despite president obama because we've had historic gridlock in washington d.c. charles: i agree with that. and that's why i he see the brilliance of ben bernanke, and the fact is i don't know that we can trace any of the money they're printing to stock purchases, but the heads are suggesting so many people say it is, that others are buying into it. and one day that money will pour into it and we'll get the real-- >> and hey, come on in, nicole, what's your take on the rally...
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. >>> president obama tries to continue his public focus on the economy today meeting with a committee on boosting international trade. ibm and lockheed martin are a part of this committee. >>> latest on the shooting at the washington navy yard. new information about the shooter and how long it will take to reopen the site of so much carnage. here is pamela brown. >> reporter: as investigators sift through the evidence in the navy yard killings, navy officials say damage inside building 197 is so stensive, it may take weeks to repair and reopen it. one official is saying there is blood everywhere. there is damage everywhere. the mother of the gunman apologizing wednesday to the families of the victims. >> i don't know why he did what he did and i'll never be able to ask him why. aaron is now in a place where he can no longer do harm to anyone and, for that, i am glad. to the families of the victims, i am so, so very sorry that this has happened. my heart is broken. >> reporter: investigators still don't know why. law enforcement sources say nothing points to a specific motivate for the
. >>> president obama tries to continue his public focus on the economy today meeting with a committee on boosting international trade. ibm and lockheed martin are a part of this committee. >>> latest on the shooting at the washington navy yard. new information about the shooter and how long it will take to reopen the site of so much carnage. here is pamela brown. >> reporter: as investigators sift through the evidence in the navy yard killings, navy officials say damage...
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of course, washington and tehran have had virtually no diplomatic relations since the iran hostage crisis in 1979. now the white house claims it has not ruled out the possibility of the two presidents meeting during the general assembly. ed henry is live in new york. what can president obama hope to gain out of potential talks. >> they hope there's some sort of diplomatic opening here. it's been frozen are so so long and while i may not be an official one-on-one meeting we could see a hallway conversation, and we saw that we president obama and president putin when they didn't want to have a formal one one-on-one. but when you hear white house officials saying there's nothing on the schedule, that leaves open the possibility. we saw today the european unions top security official today basically sat down with the iranian foreign minister, and they talked about trying to bring all sides together here on the nuclear issue. take a listen. >> this was an opportunity to meet face-to-face. we talked about a number of important issues, but focused on the nuclear issue. we had a good and construc
of course, washington and tehran have had virtually no diplomatic relations since the iran hostage crisis in 1979. now the white house claims it has not ruled out the possibility of the two presidents meeting during the general assembly. ed henry is live in new york. what can president obama hope to gain out of potential talks. >> they hope there's some sort of diplomatic opening here. it's been frozen are so so long and while i may not be an official one-on-one meeting we could see a...
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connell: still awaiting president obama to speak at washington in any moment. dagen: we will bring that to you live when that happens. ♪. ♪ [ male announcer ] now, taking care of things at home is just a tap away. ♪ introducing at&t digital life... ♪ ..personalized home security and automation... [ lock clicks ] ...that lets you loser to home. that's so cool. [ male announcer ] get $100 in instant savings when you order digital life smart security. limited availability in select markets. ♪ bjorn earns unlimited rewas for his small business take theseags to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve limited reward here's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back on every purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? [ crows ] always g
connell: still awaiting president obama to speak at washington in any moment. dagen: we will bring that to you live when that happens. ♪. ♪ [ male announcer ] now, taking care of things at home is just a tap away. ♪ introducing at&t digital life... ♪ ..personalized home security and automation... [ lock clicks ] ...that lets you loser to home. that's so cool. [ male announcer ] get $100 in instant savings when you order digital life smart security. limited availability in select...
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you had headlines like this one from the "ap" -- "obama's second-term agenda waylaid by controversies." do you remember this period in the spring, right? the early summer? trio of controversies roiling washington, emboldening republicans, a establishment willing to second guess the white house. so, one of those was benghazi, which is still a tragedy and a terrible terrorist attack, but it has never really caught fire as a partisan scandal or as a democratic conspiracy in the way republicans really wanted it to. hence, you get darrell issa and his half the room photo desperation tactic where he is only excited about missing democrats and not at all excited about missing republicans. so, that was one of the three scandals. the second one was the irs, where it initially appeared like the irs was singling out tea party groups for special scrutiny on applications for tax-exempt status. that one ended up falling apart as well, as the initial hyperbolic inspector general's report gave way to a wider investigation, which turned up plenty of evidence that tea party groups were not, in fact, be
you had headlines like this one from the "ap" -- "obama's second-term agenda waylaid by controversies." do you remember this period in the spring, right? the early summer? trio of controversies roiling washington, emboldening republicans, a establishment willing to second guess the white house. so, one of those was benghazi, which is still a tragedy and a terrible terrorist attack, but it has never really caught fire as a partisan scandal or as a democratic conspiracy in the...
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look who bush and obama invited to the white house. they weren't true moderate muslims. they were from care and other radical organizations. and imagine, and a bipartisan problem in washington, although they're worse on it, imagine by just being nice to religious fanatics, somehow they'll get to like us. i mean, it was nailed in a 2001, in a new yorker cartoon, hollywood hills, slogan, smoking cigars with bikini clad girls in their hot tubs and if they got to like, got to know us, i think they'd like us. no, they believe they're on a mission from god to subdue and kill us and i certainly agree with monica on that. >> did you agree with any point, the president being pretty tough saying that egypt and the muslim brotherhood and other actors and players in the middle east have to stop pointing to america as being at fault for everything that's going wrong with their own country, stop the scapegoating, stop the finger pointing. >> that was a wise remark. i don't want to split hairs, but i didn't like the wording of it. it should have been more articulate. his point is right
look who bush and obama invited to the white house. they weren't true moderate muslims. they were from care and other radical organizations. and imagine, and a bipartisan problem in washington, although they're worse on it, imagine by just being nice to religious fanatics, somehow they'll get to like us. i mean, it was nailed in a 2001, in a new yorker cartoon, hollywood hills, slogan, smoking cigars with bikini clad girls in their hot tubs and if they got to like, got to know us, i think...
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. >>> president obama took action today to try to contain scandal fever sweeping washington. released 100 e-mails about benghazi, got rid of the head of the irs. >> americans have a right to be angry about it and i am angry about it. >> two erupting scandals. >> the irs has been used as a political tool through history. >> we will hold the responsible parties accountable. >> every day this week. >> veritable storm of scandals. >> brings a new scandal. >> stop calling it a huge scandal. >> everybody simmer down now! >> let the facts speak for themselves. >> the good news, it is fixable. >> i don't understand what they're accusing the president of doing. >> my question isn't about who is going to resign. >> acting commissioner of the irs. >> my question is who is going to jail over this scandal. >> i look forward to taking questions at tomorrow's press conference. >> i don't even understand what they're accusing the president of doing. >> the ap scandal engulfing the administration. >> let's be clear it is perfectly legal. >> we can't count on the administration to be forthcomi
. >>> president obama took action today to try to contain scandal fever sweeping washington. released 100 e-mails about benghazi, got rid of the head of the irs. >> americans have a right to be angry about it and i am angry about it. >> two erupting scandals. >> the irs has been used as a political tool through history. >> we will hold the responsible parties accountable. >> every day this week. >> veritable storm of scandals. >> brings a new...
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it was all obama's fault. what he was getting to prove, as he put it, was based on excerpts of interviews his staff conducted with irs officials based in cincinnati. those included one unnamed employee saying i took all my direction from washington. well, conspiracy proved hmmm, wrong. issa was criticized at the time for selectively disclosing extremely limited portions of those interviews. why not release them all? why not release more? here's why. it turns out that others in the division including the manager of the group and the person responsible for screaming tax exempt applications directly contradict the cherry-picked statements disclosed by issa. elijah cummings released a new batch of transcripts over the weekend which tell a very different story from issa's. in them, the irs manager which cummings revealed is a republican a conservative was the decision to screen and centralized the review. answer, i do not believe that the screening of these cases had anything to do other than consistency and identi
it was all obama's fault. what he was getting to prove, as he put it, was based on excerpts of interviews his staff conducted with irs officials based in cincinnati. those included one unnamed employee saying i took all my direction from washington. well, conspiracy proved hmmm, wrong. issa was criticized at the time for selectively disclosing extremely limited portions of those interviews. why not release them all? why not release more? here's why. it turns out that others in the division...
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here's a response to president obama's 2009 address before congress. >> and $140 million for something called volcano monitoring. instead of monitoring volcanos, what congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in washington, d.c. >> that guy. of course, about a month and a half later, there was a massive volcano eruption in alaska, but the persistent attacks have a real and destructive effect. this is what's happening to basic research funding. it's getting cut. the national science foundation national institutes of health are all suffering cuts from the sequester. republicans, led by senator tom coburn, even managed to smuggle an outrageous piece of language that instructs the director of the national science foundation that political sign research can only be funded if it is certified to promote national security or the economic interests of the united states. in other words, a rank bit of micromanaging by a few committed demagogues in the united states senate of the research agenda of academics. one of the things i admire and have truly learned from the conservative i
here's a response to president obama's 2009 address before congress. >> and $140 million for something called volcano monitoring. instead of monitoring volcanos, what congress should be monitoring is the eruption of spending in washington, d.c. >> that guy. of course, about a month and a half later, there was a massive volcano eruption in alaska, but the persistent attacks have a real and destructive effect. this is what's happening to basic research funding. it's getting cut. the...
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. >>> in just about an hour, president obama will deliver remarks at the white house about the billions of dollars in automatic budget cuts set to kick in next week, using the bully pulpit. joining me now, washington bureau cheer, john stan, political southeastern writer, maggie haberman based here in new york. and bush campaign adviser. welcome all. >> good morning. >> maggie, when i saw the advisory, the president who's be surrounded by emergency workers, i have seen a vision of what the next six weeks are going to look like. >> well, and as you all say in first read this morning, right, this is all about the bully pulpit, this is all about we can't get much else done beyond the visuals here. we could use military families, we could use other types of families. there is an endless array of people who they can point to as the real faces of who will be hurt by this. congress is on break this week. there's not much they could even do to combat this if they wanted to. this is one of the powers of the presidency. >> john, you know this congress well. but it seeps like everybody's brave abo
. >>> in just about an hour, president obama will deliver remarks at the white house about the billions of dollars in automatic budget cuts set to kick in next week, using the bully pulpit. joining me now, washington bureau cheer, john stan, political southeastern writer, maggie haberman based here in new york. and bush campaign adviser. welcome all. >> good morning. >> maggie, when i saw the advisory, the president who's be surrounded by emergency workers, i have seen a...
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the old joke in washington is that n.s.a. stands for "no such agency." president obama defended the surveillance programs in an interview with cbs "this morning" co-host charlie rose. you saw that interview this morning and on the charlie rose program last night. charlie's with us now and, charlie, what is the president saying? >> well, during the interview, the president offered his most in-depth explanation so far of the controversial n.s.a. phone monitoring program 2015. >> point number one: if you're a u.s. person than n.s.a. is not listening to your phone calls and it's not targeting your e- mails unless it's getting an individualized court order. that's the existing law. there are no names, there is no content in that database. all it is is when those calls took place, how long they took place. now, if the n.s.a. through some other sources-- maybe through the f.b.i., maybe through a tip that went to the c.i.a., maybe through the n.y.p.d. gets a number that whether where there's a reasonable articulateable suspicion that this might involve foreign t
the old joke in washington is that n.s.a. stands for "no such agency." president obama defended the surveillance programs in an interview with cbs "this morning" co-host charlie rose. you saw that interview this morning and on the charlie rose program last night. charlie's with us now and, charlie, what is the president saying? >> well, during the interview, the president offered his most in-depth explanation so far of the controversial n.s.a. phone monitoring program...
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president obama is pushing for everyone to own a home, even if they cannot afford it. no one in washington learned the lessons of the housing crisis. for more let's bring in lou dobbs. lou, this is one of our favorite topics the -- >> of favorite topic. he combines two of those old adages. the government is here to help and the check is in the mail. i think in the incense of the fha and this call by the obama administration for them to lower their credit standards, it is almost incomprehensible that this demonstration, no matter -- suppose no one is more critical of this a administration and i am, but even i am stunned by the stupidity of the statement. we are just coming out of the worst economic crisis since the depression. it is certainly without any qualification whatsoever the fault of the agency's that permitted this securitization of mortgages. and they're at it again five years out from the death of the crisis. the. gerri: the administration say we will let holder fee to the fire of these people go belly up. the government is so involved in the banking process.
president obama is pushing for everyone to own a home, even if they cannot afford it. no one in washington learned the lessons of the housing crisis. for more let's bring in lou dobbs. lou, this is one of our favorite topics the -- >> of favorite topic. he combines two of those old adages. the government is here to help and the check is in the mail. i think in the incense of the fha and this call by the obama administration for them to lower their credit standards, it is almost...
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there was supposed to be a big official state dinner in washington next month with president obama hosting the president of the brazil. state dinners are a rare thing, the biggest country that our country offers any other visiting head of state. but last week brazil called to say they didn't want it anymore. no, we're not coming to the state dinner, thank you very much. they haven't even rescheduled or anything. it is just cancelled. the reason brazil is mad at us is because of recent disclosures that we are close allies and friends with brazil, our intelligence agencies have been spying on them. and not just spying on brazil in general, but even specifically spying on their president's e-mails. so, yeah, brazil is mad at us. and this morning, it was brazil's president giving her speech upgrading the united states for this totally unacceptable affront to the principles that should governor relations between countries, followed immediately by the speech from president obama. so that was an awkward start to the day. it's also a reminder, though, of the breadth of stuff that was leaked by edw
there was supposed to be a big official state dinner in washington next month with president obama hosting the president of the brazil. state dinners are a rare thing, the biggest country that our country offers any other visiting head of state. but last week brazil called to say they didn't want it anymore. no, we're not coming to the state dinner, thank you very much. they haven't even rescheduled or anything. it is just cancelled. the reason brazil is mad at us is because of recent...
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i'm andrea mitchell in washington. greatest problem for the obama administration is at the state department. diplomatic security agents and at least one ambassador are now embroiled in serious allegations of misconduct, though not documented, including soliciting prostitution involving minors and sexual assault. all this while hillary clinton was in office. outlined in a memo for the department's office of the inspector general, joining me now, diplomatic correspondent for "the washington post," chuck todd, nbc's chief white house correspondent, political director and the host of "the daily rundown" here on msnbc, and "washington post" editorial columnist ruth marcus. welcome, all. ann, you've been looking into this. chuck, you as well. we'll talk about the significance. what do we know? there have been a lot of charges thrown around and they aren't substantiated as far as we know but there is trouble here, possibly involving cover-up. >> right. we know there was a draft memo prepared by investigators at the state depa
i'm andrea mitchell in washington. greatest problem for the obama administration is at the state department. diplomatic security agents and at least one ambassador are now embroiled in serious allegations of misconduct, though not documented, including soliciting prostitution involving minors and sexual assault. all this while hillary clinton was in office. outlined in a memo for the department's office of the inspector general, joining me now, diplomatic correspondent for "the washington...
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the washington post on sunday had an analysis. they write "in florida president obama has nominated the first openly gay black man to sit on a federal district court. in new york he has nominated the first asian-american lesbian, and his pick for the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. court? the first south asian. what? the new wave of nominations is part of an effort by obama to cement a legacy that long outlives his pregnancy and makes the court system more closely resemble the changing society it governs. i think that is -- that's powerful. gives me a little shiver to think. we talk about our president's legacy. his legacy on the courts may end up being his most long-lasting legacy. >> right. because these are people who serve on the court long after he is gone. the people that are mentioned, remember, there's already -- he already nominated an openly gay federal judge. happens to be a friend of mine. a couple of years ago. judge etkin. this is something where, you know, a lot of people spend a lot of time focussing on these ma
the washington post on sunday had an analysis. they write "in florida president obama has nominated the first openly gay black man to sit on a federal district court. in new york he has nominated the first asian-american lesbian, and his pick for the u.s. court of appeals for the d.c. court? the first south asian. what? the new wave of nominations is part of an effort by obama to cement a legacy that long outlives his pregnancy and makes the court system more closely resemble the changing...
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up next, more of this great night, obama scandals dividing washington into distinct groups in the "chalk talk," separating the truth seekers from the dodgers. a new report says obamacare makes premiums skyrocket to astounding levels, but we can't root against it. i was told that. i'll just get you the facts here next. uestion: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their 90s. and that's a great thing. but even though we're living longer, one thing that hasn't changed much is the official retirement age. ♪ theuestion is how do you make sure you have the money you need to enjoy all of these years. ♪ toare you still sleeping?rs. just wanted check and make sure that we were on schedule. the first technology of its kind... mom and dad, i have great news. is now providing answers families need. siemens. answers. ♪ (train horn) vo: wherever our trains go, the economy comes to life. norfolk southern. one line, infinite possibilities. we lou: three scandal's iraq so white house
up next, more of this great night, obama scandals dividing washington into distinct groups in the "chalk talk," separating the truth seekers from the dodgers. a new report says obamacare makes premiums skyrocket to astounding levels, but we can't root against it. i was told that. i'll just get you the facts here next. uestion: how old is the oldest person you've known? we gave people a sticker and had them show us. we learned a lot of us have known someone who's lived well into their...
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and this is a unique experience i will bring to washington, should i be your senator. experience. >> steve kornacki, we heard an echo of barack obama in there when he said i won't care about red or blue, i will care about you. also his anticipation of the tactics of his opponent, may be something of a flame-thrower and how he won't be playing the game quite the same way. >> yeah, so you talk about that opponent and you talk about obama in his boston speech of 2004, and if you remember barack obama in 2004 was running for the senate in illinois. and he ended up being a very easy -- it ended up being a very easy election, because alan keys, in the contrast, obama came out very well in that contrast. i look at steve lonegan, who will be cory booker's opponent here in new jersey. the one of my first encounters with steve lonegan was on martin luther king jr. day, and he held a press conference to attack the affirmative action. that is where steve lonegan became known against, the affirmative action, he is not going to win this thing. he is not electable in a state like new
and this is a unique experience i will bring to washington, should i be your senator. experience. >> steve kornacki, we heard an echo of barack obama in there when he said i won't care about red or blue, i will care about you. also his anticipation of the tactics of his opponent, may be something of a flame-thrower and how he won't be playing the game quite the same way. >> yeah, so you talk about that opponent and you talk about obama in his boston speech of 2004, and if you...
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. >>> tonight, president obama had the audacity to suggest that washington's holy grail, a balanced budget, is not actually the holiest thing you can pursue in government. >> paul ryan today put forward his budget. >> right. >> and says he is challenging you to come forward with a budget that reaches balance. are you going to do that? >> no. my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people back to work, and if we do that, we're going to be bringing in more revenue, if we controlled spending and have a smart entitlement package, then potentially what you have is balance, but it is not balance on the backs of, you know, the poor, the elderly, students who need student loans, families who have disabled kids, that's not the right way to balance our budget. >> the glow is off paul ryan budgets, even for republicans, including former ryan worshipper rush limbaugh. >> now, there are people that don't like it, even on the republican side because it has tax increases in it, some say tax increases on the rich. leaves some of ob
. >>> tonight, president obama had the audacity to suggest that washington's holy grail, a balanced budget, is not actually the holiest thing you can pursue in government. >> paul ryan today put forward his budget. >> right. >> and says he is challenging you to come forward with a budget that reaches balance. are you going to do that? >> no. my goal is not to chase a balanced budget just for the sake of balance. my goal is how do we grow the economy, put people...
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cheryl: president obama canceling joint military exercises with egypt following growing violence in that country. peter barnes is in washington monitoring of the president on his vacation but he did a little work today. >> the president took a break from his vacation to make that announcement on egypt. >> let me say the egyptian people deserve better than what we have seen over the last several days and to the egyptian people, let me say the cycle of violence and escalation needs to stop. we call on the egyptian authorities to respect the universal rights of the people. we call on those who are protesting to do so peacefully and condemn attacks by protesters including churches. >> the president did not take the step of freezing u.s. aid to egypt to. that is under consideration as well but that he did's $1.3 billion a year in military aid. in the economy but violence has so far not affected the suez canal though oil prices have moved higher on concerns that it might. tankers move two million barrels of crude oil a day through the canal, canal spokesman told dow jones egyptian military and
cheryl: president obama canceling joint military exercises with egypt following growing violence in that country. peter barnes is in washington monitoring of the president on his vacation but he did a little work today. >> the president took a break from his vacation to make that announcement on egypt. >> let me say the egyptian people deserve better than what we have seen over the last several days and to the egyptian people, let me say the cycle of violence and escalation needs to...
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come on in rich edson in washington. is there anything new in the speech? rich: would they be surprised by anything that the president would have to say over the next couple of weeks? there is one thing that the administration and the president have here. it is consistency. listen to this. >> we really need congress to come to washington and focus on the american people. we have seen short-term political interest and gameplaying and posturing getting in the way. >> republican say if only the president would reach out to them and work together. nothing new here. stuart: nothing new. it is their fault. by the way, even liberals are expressing some frustration. maybe even giving up on the president. what would set this apart is that obama would be reprising a speech that he made eight years ago. just six months into his second term, obama is fresh out of ideas. that is from the washington post. his approval ratings are down. juan williams is here. are you getting tired of this? the economy is not doing well and the president has nothing new, no new proposals f
come on in rich edson in washington. is there anything new in the speech? rich: would they be surprised by anything that the president would have to say over the next couple of weeks? there is one thing that the administration and the president have here. it is consistency. listen to this. >> we really need congress to come to washington and focus on the american people. we have seen short-term political interest and gameplaying and posturing getting in the way. >> republican say if...
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jason riley and washington columnist kim strausel. let's start with the merits and the claims of catastrophe if those spending cuts kick in. the is that correct? >> we don't exactly know. what we do know is that the president has every incentive that it's absolutely going to be most dreadful thing. it's a 2.5% cut to the federal budget. $85 billion out of $3.8 trillion budget. if you can't find that much to cut then there is a problem. >> paul: is there enough flexibility in the sequester that the agency heads will be able to maneuver and prevent things likes cuts to air traffic control? >> that is what the republicans would like to do. democrats no want the armageddon narrative are opposed. >> paul: why is that? >> they like the narrative. >> paul: any cuts at all that are catastrophic? >> that the cuts are stloofk. they don't want to give the president flexibility. the fax of the matter is we are talking about 35% domestic spending, 7% in defense. >> paul: this isn't a cut in social security or in entitlements. >> this is do-able. a
jason riley and washington columnist kim strausel. let's start with the merits and the claims of catastrophe if those spending cuts kick in. the is that correct? >> we don't exactly know. what we do know is that the president has every incentive that it's absolutely going to be most dreadful thing. it's a 2.5% cut to the federal budget. $85 billion out of $3.8 trillion budget. if you can't find that much to cut then there is a problem. >> paul: is there enough flexibility in the...
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. >> we have to get beyond being anti-obama, and we have to convince people you can have hope in america. >> joining me now "the washington post" eugene robinson and abbey huntsman, abbey, you understand these republicans better than i do. >> i try my best, it is tough. >> they must have gotten a fantastic deal on that hotel to decide, let's go to boston, which like in its history has never voted republican, certainly not in my lifetime voted for a republican for president. and let's go to the hotel where mitt romney had to face his loss. let's just drink in the misery of that hotel as we try to figure out how to what? not be the mitt romney party anymore. >> i think some of their thought processes were, they thought about this meeting during the boston bombing. interesting thought, though, from reince priebus saying unified. i think that is the exact problem for the republican party. look, nobody should expect by friday a more re-energized republican party. i think this is their usual annual summer party. what they're really focusing on is two areas, the voter out reach, republicans hav
. >> we have to get beyond being anti-obama, and we have to convince people you can have hope in america. >> joining me now "the washington post" eugene robinson and abbey huntsman, abbey, you understand these republicans better than i do. >> i try my best, it is tough. >> they must have gotten a fantastic deal on that hotel to decide, let's go to boston, which like in its history has never voted republican, certainly not in my lifetime voted for a republican...
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obama says he refuses to negotiate. dagen: thank you so much. rich edson in washington. connell: the powerball could make you a multi- millionaire tonight. the author definitely not in your favor. dagen: breaking in a record amount. connell: you can bring your money into starbucks. believe it or not, leave your gun at home. ♪ [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ male announcer ] join the nearly 7 million investors who think like you do. face time and think time make a difference. at edward jones, it's how we make sense of investing. face time and think time make a difference. nascar is about excitement. but tracking all the action and hearing everything from our marketing partners, the media and millions of fans on social media can be a challenge. that's why we partnered with hp to build the new nascar fan and media engagement center. hp's technology helps us turn millions of tweets, posts and stories into real-time business insights that help nascar win with our fans.
obama says he refuses to negotiate. dagen: thank you so much. rich edson in washington. connell: the powerball could make you a multi- millionaire tonight. the author definitely not in your favor. dagen: breaking in a record amount. connell: you can bring your money into starbucks. believe it or not, leave your gun at home. ♪ [ woman ] if you have the audacity to believe your financial advisor should focus on your long-term goals, not their short-term agenda. [ male announcer ] join the...
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we are live in washington with the latest on budget boondoggle. adam: the keystone pipeline off the stove. american petroleum institute's ceo with the decisions for the obama administration. what is now five year delay. lori: jpmorgan whales case, the cost of banking giant big, nearly $1 billion in fines. adam: we will head to the floor of the new york stock exchange to check in with nicole petallides and the s&p in uncharted territory. nicole: the s&p and the dow moving to record highs, into the red. not far off of the unchanged line and the
we are live in washington with the latest on budget boondoggle. adam: the keystone pipeline off the stove. american petroleum institute's ceo with the decisions for the obama administration. what is now five year delay. lori: jpmorgan whales case, the cost of banking giant big, nearly $1 billion in fines. adam: we will head to the floor of the new york stock exchange to check in with nicole petallides and the s&p in uncharted territory. nicole: the s&p and the dow moving to record...
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and from wall street to washington, and "varney & company" is all over it next. s to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve limited reward he's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back onvery purchase every day. what's in your wallet? [ crows ] now where's the snooze button? folks have suffered from frequent heartburn. butetting heartburn and then treating day after day is a thing of the past. block the acid with prilosec otc, and don't get heartburn in the first place. [ male announcer ] one pill each morning 24 hours. zero heartburn. >> the latest out of egypt. at least 638 people are dead. more than 4,000 have been injured. and the muslim brotherhood is calling for a friday of anger to challenge the military government's curfew and state of emergency. we're watching developm
and from wall street to washington, and "varney & company" is all over it next. s to room 12 please. [ garth ] bjors small busiss earns double miles on every purchase every day. produce delivery. [ bjorn ] just put it on my spark card. [ garth why settle for less? ahh, oh! [ garth ] great businesses deserve limited reward he's your wake up call. [ male announcer ] get the spark business card from capital one and earn unlimited rewards. choose double miles or 2% cash back onvery...
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good morning from washington. despite a failed effort to defund obama care that resulted in bringing much of the government to a stand still for 16 days, senator ted cruz isn't giving up the fight. and even though he isn't winning many friends here in washington, republicans in his home state are standing by their man. cruz received a hero's welcome saturday at a texas convention of republican women. and cnn's chief congressional correspondent dana bash was there. dana, that was quite a hero's welcome, right? >> they greeted him as a hero sh not as a senator. i asked ted cruz about criticism from his own party, the like of which i have rarely seen in washington including from john mccain who called what senator ted cruz did a deception of the american people which he says he relentz. >> well, look, i respect and admire john mccain. he is a war hero. he is a man of incredible personal courage. i will say this, when you've got senate republicans saying we cannot win, we will surrender, this is a fool's error, it sab
good morning from washington. despite a failed effort to defund obama care that resulted in bringing much of the government to a stand still for 16 days, senator ted cruz isn't giving up the fight. and even though he isn't winning many friends here in washington, republicans in his home state are standing by their man. cruz received a hero's welcome saturday at a texas convention of republican women. and cnn's chief congressional correspondent dana bash was there. dana, that was quite a hero's...
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there is going to be stipends, money flowing from washington to you to cover these people. trillions of dollars. yet even now their sank amid you know what, maybe we won't. >> is probably won't work. i am stunned to find out that president obama actually told someone something involving obamacare the terms of not to be the case. i mean, what were they thinking when they supported this in the first place? it was obviously going to be a disaster. the sad thing is that the average person who just wants to have a good health care program, they probably already had won through there employer or in some other way, a totally confused. what am i going to do? gerri: that is what you find out. some people think it was overturned. not insignificant. he mentioned before the afl-cio. the union desire to have their members be able to be on these changes. a new number out, how much that would cost if obama turns around. it is $187 billion. for another 200 billion on top of the total cost, that is what it is going to cost of these unions get their way. >> if they get their special deal. qa
there is going to be stipends, money flowing from washington to you to cover these people. trillions of dollars. yet even now their sank amid you know what, maybe we won't. >> is probably won't work. i am stunned to find out that president obama actually told someone something involving obamacare the terms of not to be the case. i mean, what were they thinking when they supported this in the first place? it was obviously going to be a disaster. the sad thing is that the average person who...
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if anything, this president obama's foreign policy is cautious. and it's a little too cautious for a whole lot of people, including us on the "washington post" editorial page, but i think it befits a president who sees what's happening in the world, doesn't exactly know because we've never been down this road before. the freedom and people rising up in these countries that you're showing on the map here. this is what you want from a president. someone who sees things happening that takes very considered steps and the other thing we have to keep in mind, it might not look like the united states is doing a whole lot. overtly in this region. in this region of the world but you got to know that the united states is doing a whole lot of things covertly behind the scenes out of the public view to gain intelligence but to also help friends and destabilize enemies. >> i agree. by the way, gentlemen, can you imagine what the right wring challenge would be the attack on the president had 9/11 occurred on president obama's watch? >> yeah. >> of course -- >>
if anything, this president obama's foreign policy is cautious. and it's a little too cautious for a whole lot of people, including us on the "washington post" editorial page, but i think it befits a president who sees what's happening in the world, doesn't exactly know because we've never been down this road before. the freedom and people rising up in these countries that you're showing on the map here. this is what you want from a president. someone who sees things happening that...
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the president i berlin, bernanke in washington. their performances are not well received by their respective audiences. today marking the seven consecutive dayhat t dow jones industrial average moved triple digits. the dow jones induutrials plummeted more than 200 points on the day. th sell-off was driven by investor frustration and some disappointments at the remarks of fed chairman ben bernanke. bernanke delivered a statement full of seemingly positive elements, a continuation of bond buying in the outlook for continued improvement and economic growth. but investors are not having any of it. president obama received a lousy reception in berlin and back at all. in berlin he delivered a speech that seemingly no one found relevant or compelling. the estimated crowd o only 4,500 on the east side of the brandenburg gate, a far cry from the 200,000 who came out to see then candidate obama speak on the west side of the gate back in 2,0, a striking contrast. president obama today said he wantto negotiate with russia to further ruce the n
the president i berlin, bernanke in washington. their performances are not well received by their respective audiences. today marking the seven consecutive dayhat t dow jones industrial average moved triple digits. the dow jones induutrials plummeted more than 200 points on the day. th sell-off was driven by investor frustration and some disappointments at the remarks of fed chairman ben bernanke. bernanke delivered a statement full of seemingly positive elements, a continuation of bond buying...
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also today, president obama making everybody in washington made, nobody was happy with the release of his budget. he claims he's making republicans more than halfway calling for entitlement cuts but the tax increases he wants are dead on arrival in the house. rich edson spoke with the head tax guy on capitol hill earlier today. what did the congressman think of the budget and is this really the start of tax code overhaul? >> that is what the chairman is talking about, what he has been writing for the past couple of years. the chairman has been working on this proposal. you ask him, looking out the proposal does, he takes $600 billion worth of tax preferences and tax deductions and he uses that for deficit reduction. what he would like to do is to use those to lower tax rates, so asked him how that squares with the things the president is actually serious about getting tax reform done and believe it or not, he is somewhat optimistic. take a listen. >> when he came to congress and i had a chance to talk to him about it, we engaged on tax reform and it made a commitment interested in rev
also today, president obama making everybody in washington made, nobody was happy with the release of his budget. he claims he's making republicans more than halfway calling for entitlement cuts but the tax increases he wants are dead on arrival in the house. rich edson spoke with the head tax guy on capitol hill earlier today. what did the congressman think of the budget and is this really the start of tax code overhaul? >> that is what the chairman is talking about, what he has been...
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"the washington post," did obama cry wolf on sequester? u.s. news and world report, how obama bungled the sequester. and from politico, obama administration sequester claims shot down by fact checkers. and tom brokaw said mr. obama present too much time campaigning, suggesting he should have been at camp david with congressional leaders working out a deal. so, jim, has the coverage changed? have we seen that about-face? >> i think it has. the media research center's jeffrey dickens pointed out that two-thirds of the mainstream media coverage was alarmist before this happened, but then, i think, last week i said that the administration was getting a little ahead of its skis in terms of sequester and pushing too hard and declaring doom and gloom and i think having watched "saturday night live" last weekend where it had a fake president obama saying, quote, i don't know anything about money, unquote. and i think now you can say the administration has jumped the shark on-- to use a tv cliche and further compounded the problem canceling the white ho
"the washington post," did obama cry wolf on sequester? u.s. news and world report, how obama bungled the sequester. and from politico, obama administration sequester claims shot down by fact checkers. and tom brokaw said mr. obama present too much time campaigning, suggesting he should have been at camp david with congressional leaders working out a deal. so, jim, has the coverage changed? have we seen that about-face? >> i think it has. the media research center's jeffrey...